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Available
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Publication
Sydney : Hodder Children's Books, 1999.
Description
Lily Quench, the last of a family of dragon slayers, befriends the dragon she is sent to kill and together they join forces against an evil tyrant.
User reviews
LibraryThing member mmpvppl
Really enjoyed this story and tried to get my 3rd grade son to read it. I think it's great for boys or girls. A really fun, suspensful, cute chapter book. I'm hoping he'll still give it a chance. I loved it.
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Awards
CBCA Book of the Year (Notable Book — Younger Readers — 2000)
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Original publication date
1999
Physical description
20 cm
ISBN
0733611214 / 9780733611216
Local notes
The town of Ashby Waters has been taken over by the Black Duke who forces the people to work in his grommet factory. Fun, singing, happiness, gardens and even sweets are banned in this new order. When a dragon appears in the town Captain Zouche and his offsider, Miss Moldavia, are informed that the only way to destroy a dragon is to enlist the help of the Quench family, the last surviving member of which is Ursula Quench. Zouche and Moldavia set out to force Ursula to rid the town of its dragon, only to find her granddaughter, Lily, mourning the death of her grandmother.